We cannot say enough good things about the Bron Menai Guest House in Caernarfon. It offered us a large, comfortable en-suite room, full English breakfast, super-reasonable rates and off-street parking. It's an easy stroll to Caernarfon Castle and some great restaurants. There's wonderful scenery everywhere. Caernarfon is a small town, so everything is close by.

Dogs showed off their skills during the canine detection dog graduation day held outside the town of Arusha, Tanzania.

Dogs showed off their skills during the canine detection dog graduation day held outside the town of Arusha, Tanzania.

(Cheryl-Samantha Owen / African Wildlife Foundation)

Dogs typically are used at airports to sniff out drugs or food products. At LAX and other U.S. airports, they are trotted out to calm down nervous fliers. Now a newly trained pack of canines will be unleashed in Kenya and Tanzania to do something else: track down illegal ivory.

Eight ivory detection dogs, as they're called, and their handlers have been trained to find everything from ivory dust to...

A couple chats in front of the main hall of Hanazono Shrine in Tokyo. A round-trip fare from mid-August to early December puts Japan's capital within reach.

A couple chats in front of the main hall of Hanazono Shrine in Tokyo. A round-trip fare from mid-August to early December puts Japan's capital within reach.

(Shizuo Kambayashi / Associated Press)

Here’s a great airfare to an Asian city that’s as cosmopolitan as any in Europe and significantly less expensive than fares to many: It’s a $699 round-trip fare, including all taxes and fees, from LAX to Tokyo on Singapore or United for departures Aug. 16 through Dec. 6.

It is subject to availability, and you may not stay longer than a month.